catch (someone) with (someone or something)

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catch (someone) with (someone or something)

1. To find, and perhaps apprehend, one in possession of something suspicious. If they catch us with the other team's mascot, they'll think we stole it!The jewel thief was caught with the necklace hidden inside his shoe.

2. To apprehend one by using a particular device or method. The police seem confident that they'll be able to catch the escaped convicts with helicopters and dogs.

3. To find one with someone else, usually in the midst of an illicit activity. Police caught the suspect with known mobsters.Don't let me catch you with Dean again. I told you he's trouble.

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